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SCA: security update for @theia/plugin-ext (GHSA-w6v7-w58j-pg5r)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419761

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In versions of the @theia/plugin-ext component of Eclipse Theia prior to 1.18.0, Webview contents can be
 hijacked via postMessage(). (CVE-2021-41038)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6v7-w58j-pg5r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419761

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41038

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41038

cwe: CWE-940